This Movie Deserves a Specail Edition D.V.D!
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pinkfloyd95209 — 19 years ago(October 01, 2006 07:22 PM)
Though it is also barebones, the best version around is currently Out Of Print by "MGM Home Entertainment", transfered from the original negative and looks GREAT!!! Sad that it is barebones but is head and shoulders over all the other PD DVD CR*P Versions around!!!
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egomonster-1 — 18 years ago(October 19, 2007 07:05 PM)
Should be a special edition, maybe. However, this film is in the public domain. It doesn't make sense to make a special edition when there are so many versions available. Que pena.
BTW: my version also has My Son The Vampire, which is hysterical and stars Bela Lugosi, a superman cartoon, a popeye cartoon and a handful of '50s era commercials. $1.95 used. -
wilhar — 18 years ago(October 26, 2007 08:29 PM)
"It doesn't make sense to make a special edition when there are so many versions available."
If it's a good looking transfer (like the MGM one) and the extras are good it does make sense!
The Intruder has really good extra features Just saying is all -
egomonster-1 — 18 years ago(October 29, 2007 03:46 PM)
I guess my question is how many people (outside of this thread) are going to buy a Special Edition? Is it cost effective, and can they come up with enough special features to entice people to buy it? (Guess that's more than one question) I agree a good transfer makes a lot of difference, especially after looking at a bunch of crappy editions of public domain movies.
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TromaFreak64 — 17 years ago(December 07, 2008 10:22 PM)
egomonster is right.
Even Anchor Bay had a hard time selling Night of the Living Dead which was in public domain because so many cheaper copies existed. It's hard to get people to give any additional money for special features especially when we are talking about a $15 version versus getting the film for less than a dollar in a horror film classic collection. That's the primary reason why these public domain titles don't get special editions, as Anchor Bay had stated in the past, they would not likely revisit such a situation because of the potential money loss. -